Bumphis v. State

WALKER, Justice,

for the Court:

Darnell Bumphis was convicted on December 11, 1980, on two counts of aggravated assault in Lee County Circuit Court and sentenced to serve seven years on each count to run concurrently in the State Department of Corrections. He has been confined in the Lee County jail since that time. Bail has been set at $3,000.00

On May 22, 1981, Bumphis petitioned the Lee County Circuit Court, accompanied by an affidavit of indigency, for a writ of habeas corpus seeking release on his personal recognizance. The petition alleged:(1) Bumphis had been found to be an indigent at…